Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
mutton . - noun A piece of armor of the fifteenth century, forming part of the defense of the arm and shoulder. Perhaps (as thought by Meyrick) it was a gusset for the armpit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anc. Armor) A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th century and later.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun military, historical A small
plate covering thearmpit inarmour of the 14th century and later.
Etymologies
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Examples
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("In affirmative clauses, tending to become a mere intensive without comparative force, and sometimes emphasized in speaking and writing"), which they take all the way back to Beowulf ("þæt we hine swa godne gretan moton"), and there's another startlingly modern example from 1741: Richardson, Pamela III.
languagehat.com: SO. 2005
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‘The moton boyled is of nature and complexion sanguyne, the whiche, to my jugement, is holsome for your grace.’
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Thenne yef potage be chaungeabill after tyme and season of the yere as fallith, as here is rehercid: by example, ffor befe and moton ye shall take
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Befe and moton. swan or gese. grete pies, capon or fesaunt; leche, or fretours.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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This is the same country that allows and encourages Israel to liquidate the just Palestinian cause, by building settlements, carrying out ethnic cleansing and stealing more Palestinian land, while calling the slow-moton liquidation a "peace process."
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This is the same country that allows and encourages Israel to liquidate the just Palestinian cause, by building settlements, carrying out ethnic cleansing and stealing more Palestinian land, while calling the slow-moton liquidation a "peace process."
iToot Stream 2009
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Other then being dusty from sitting in my garage I have a set of moton spokes (painted) for sale.
Lincoln vs Cadillac 2009
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Other then being dusty from sitting in my garage I have a set of moton spokes (painted) for sale.
Lincoln vs Cadillac 2009
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Other then being dusty from sitting in my garage I have a set of moton spokes (painted) for sale.
Lincoln vs Cadillac 2009
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‘In beef daily or moton, fresh, or elles all _poudred_ is more availe,
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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